The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. ~Kakha Bendukidze
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Everything in moderation. And that includes a couple of beers a day. ~Stephen King
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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